Research Of Household Appliances Design Based On The Intergeneration Difference

Under the background of the social context which is changing growing intergenerational differences and the breakthrough need of the traditional household appliance products in the technology wave of market background, the research aims to summarize about intergenerational issues in sociology and psychology research methods,analyzing the characteristics of the new generational relation. For differences and the causes of household appliances product design method is put forward, and then adjust the generational differences in the design of household appliance products. In this paper, by comparing the differences between the present new intergenerational relation and the old traditional one, analyzed the influence of intergenerational relations changing for people and product design. Then introduce the concept of intergenerational to products, analysis the effects of it in the household appliance product and to understand its basic. In the generation of household appliances research process, re- classified them under the dimensions of generation which product target users in and needs for the product,summarized the characteristics of products which have serious intergeneration differences.Through qualitative research, the differences between the three aspects of the physiological and cognitive, lifestyle and market background of home appliance products are summarized and the preliminary design was inspired. Based on universal design and interaction design,combined with the principle of intergenerational differences in the multi disciplines, the design strategy of how to adjust the intergenerational differences in household appliance products is discussed, and the design method of the three aspects of functional design,operation design and interaction design is proposed. At last, this paper takes the family fixed telephone as the case to design the practice verification theory. This paper has theoretical and practical guidance for the regulation of intergenerational differences in household appliances.